About Us

Dr Dickens holds the majority of his appointments at The Old School House, Hunsingore. He also has practising rights to see patients privately at Cygnet Hospital Harrogate as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist where he holds a clinic on a Wednesday evening only.

Dr Dickens graduated as a medical doctor at the University of Manchester in 2002 following a successful career in business. After working for a period in hospital medicine and general practice, he elected to specialise in psychiatry.

He attained membership to the Royal College of Psychiatrists in December 2006 at the first attempt. He then followed his long term interest in working with young people and their families. He was awarded a Masters of Science in Psychiatry in 2010 from the University of Manchester.

Dr Dickens works in a variety of ways with a preference for psychological therapies and uses a psychodynamic, cognitive behavioural or systemic/family approach. He is accomplished in the prescription of medicines when this is appropriately indicated.